Most great baseball fans know the signifinace of the date May 26, 1959. The will tell you oh, yeah that is the date Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings and lost the game in the 13th inning against the Braves. That statement is of course true, on that fateful night, Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates did retire the first 36 batters he faced in order. 12 perfect innings by one pitcher retiring Braves batter after Braves batter at County Stadium in Milwaukee.
Only the best of baseball historians would be able to tell about the perforance of one Richard L. Stigman of the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League. Stigman pitched 10 2/3 innings of hitless baseball against the Salt Lake City Bees at Westgate Park in San Diego. Stigman left the game after pitching 12 innings and allowing only two hits. In the bottom of the 13th inning the Padres scored the winning run.
Both games ended with 1-0 scores for the home team. Neither pitcher who carried a no-hit game into extra innings got the win for a once in a lifetime pitching performance.
I am not saying that Stigmans gem was any better then that of Haddix. I will say that is quite unusual that two pitchers would take no-hitters into extra innings on the same day and neither would win the game. Stigman had pitched 7 seasons in the majors but, had already pitched his last MLB game by the time he pitched this gem.
Tomorrow we look at the birth of two National Leasgue clubs.
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